(was it ever considered to use Boost.Regex engine instead ? it claims to be using strict ECMA syntax as per http://boost.org/doc/libs/1_35_0/libs/regex/doc/html/boost_regex/ref/syntax_option_type/syntax_option_type_perl.html

(was it ever considered to use Boost.Regex engine instead ? it claims to be using strict ECMA syntax as per http://boost.org/doc/libs/1_35_0/libs/regex/doc/html/boost_regex/ref/syntax_option_type/syntax_option_type_perl.html